Saturday, October 22, 2005
CP Models offers 1946: Storm of Eagles, a set of free miniature wargames rules for World War II. Or maybe post WWII. I’m not enturely sure what’s going on here.
The site also has several articles and scenarios.
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Saturday, October 22, 2005
One of the projects I’m going to do in the future will involve a group of archaeologists that excavate an Egyptian tomb and unleash a multitude of horrors. For figures, I’m going to use the excellent Vampire Wars line. And then I’m going to have to build some custom scenery.
Games Workshop has photos to help build a tomb excavation site and other desert bits.
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Friday, October 21, 2005
This free paper model of Disney’s Haunted Mansion is a tour-de-force. Even if you don’t want to download it, you need to take a look.
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Friday, October 21, 2005
Peter Guenther offers BrickMech, a
d6-based game where Mechs built of LEGOŽ bricks vie for ultimate control of the battlefield. Constructed in a unique modular system, Mechs can scavenge parts blown off other Mechs to improve their stats. The game is designed to be a rich gaming experience that’s simple to play.
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Thursday, October 20, 2005
The current trend toward hybrid roleplaying miniatures game has been a lot of fun. I’ve played fun games that feature pirates, African safaris, Victorian street gangs, and of course, my own horror games tend in that direction.
Bump In The Night is a free RPG that I think could easily be modified for use as a role playing oriented miniatures game. At the very least, it has some good ideas.
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Thursday, October 20, 2005
Ian Duncan offers Daimyo, a set of free wargames rules for samurai battles. Ian writes:
Daimyo is a set of wargames rules intended for use with 15mm scale wargames figures but can easily be used with other scales (although I for one won’t be painting any 6mm samurai!). The rules cover the period known as The Age of the Country at War or Sengoku-Jidai. This was a period when samurai armies became much more organised, the importance of the ashigaru infantryman was recognised and the increasing use of firearms altered samurai warfare forever. It was also an age that produced some great commanders such as Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomo Hideyoshi, Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin and Tokugawa Ieyasu to name but a few. And, in a period of continual warfare, there were hundreds of battles, some of them epic encounters like Nagashino, Sekigahara and Kawanakajima. It is my hope that Daimyo will capture some of the excitement of this colourful and unique period of history
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Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Ok. So its not really miniatures related, but it’s still really neat. Ravensblight has a downloadable game called Midnight’s Banshee which is a cross between a board game and a foldable paper model. The goal of the game is to collect five skulls from the tombs in the graveyard. But be careful, for you never know which one contains a vampire. There’s a clever spinner under the game board which randomizes the locations of the vampires.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Maritime Supremacy Trafalgar is a set of simple free miniature wargames rules for replaying the famed battle of Trafalgar. Author Justo Perez writes:
These rules are ideally suited for kids and their dads or as an educational tool for history teacher; to increase student interest in history. The rules are simple and self contained; the necessary ships should be printed on regular card-stock sheets, then cut and glued as illustrated.
To address the historic superiority of Nelson’s fleet, the rules favor the British by having them move last (i.e. allowing them to maneuver after the Franco-Spanish ships move) and resolve gun-fire first (i.e. scoring damage on the Franco-Spanish ships before they fire their own guns). The typical and well known tactics of high-shots to the riggings (the French preference) and low-shots to the hull (the British preference) are not addressed in these rules. Rather than focus on such minute tactical details, the framework of these rules hinge on overall fleet strategy and gun-fire volume.
The dicing system is quite simple… each die that rolls a SIX is a hit and the same dicing concept is used for other game tasks. A roll of SIX is easily distinguished among other dice; it speeds up the game and produces reasonable odds. Where more favorable odds are warranted, the odds are augmented by having the player retain the dice that rolled a SIX and re-roll the remaining dice.
If you like rolling dice and quick results, these rules are for you.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Germy’s World has a paper model for making your own dungeon, but what is more interesting is Victorian Cellar model that accompanies it. It’s perfect for gothic horor games as the lair of a monster, or mad scientist or cult.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
The Total Model site has a tutorial on drilling and pinning multi part miniatures.
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Poll #3:
Cast your vote and then join the discussion to tell us why.
Miniature Wargaming is part of the "adventure games" hobby, which includes r ole p laying and board games. Wargamers recreate battles on the tabletop with toy soldiers, like a more complicated game of chess. Models range in height from 6mm to 28mm tall, with 15mm and 25mm being the most popular. There also is a growing interest in toy soldiers and military models, such as the 1/32 and 1/35 scale plastic soldiers from Conte, and Marx.
The most popular miniature wargames are fantasy and science fiction based, such as Warhammer, Warhammer 40K, Warmachine and The Lord of the Rings. World War II games such as Flames of War and Axis and Allies are new favorites. Other favorite historical periods include Napoleonics, the American Civil War, and ancients, such as Romans or Greeks. Other gamers enjoy miniature naval wargames, recreating battles like Trafalgar, Jutland and the Coral Sea.
Hobbyists research historical periods and paint their tiny soldiers in accurate uniforms. Others develop "historically realistic" rules sets or build scale battlefield terrain using model railroad techniques.
For pictures, visit the gallery.
Some of the bigger hobby companies are Games Workshop, which produces Warhammer, Wargames Foundry and Old Glory Miniatures. Wizards of the Coast produces several lines of pre-painted miniatures games, such as the Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons miniatures games, and a historical game with pre-painted miniatures: The new Axis and Allies game. Wizkids produces a fantasy collectable miniatures game, such as the Mage Knight and Heroclick fantasy games, the science fiction games MechWarrior and Rocketmen, as well as the quasi-historical Pirates of the Spanish Main.
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